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Yeah, but one time a student died in a tragic accident and once a student from a neighboring college with psychological issues took her own life after making unsubstantiated accusations against a football player. So clearly ND has sold out its values to get back to the top! This article clearly has no perspective.

Yeah, but one time a student died in a tragic accident and once a student from a neighboring college with psychological issues took her own life after making unsubstantiated accusations against a football player. So clearly ND has sold out its values to get back to the top! This article clearly has no perspective.

Yeah, but one time a student died in a tragic accident and once a student from a neighboring college with psychological issues took her own life after making unsubstantiated accusations against a football player. So clearly ND has sold out its values to get back to the top! This article clearly has no perspective.

(Please tell me I don't need italics here.)

Yes, including this in the article was unfortunate, but the discussion of the football player's classroom and dorm experiences was wonderful.

Shawnee, I was more talking about how others constantly want to bring that up as a counterweight to what truly differentiates ND from the football factories, using it to undermine or downplay how unique Notre Dame is among its football power peers. It is the go-to factoid for Irish haters, and the most tragically ironic part about it is that the people who do go there don't give a damn about Declan or Lizzy, they're just using them to take a shot at Notre Dame and its community, which actually does give a damn.

Unfortunately, what happened to those two students is a part of the story that will (and probably should) be mentioned when talking about Notre Dame football and its relationship with ND students and its community. But there is a responsible way to weave that into the narrative and a vindictive way to do so.